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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Baltimore, MD · July 9, 1996

Date: July 9, 1996 · 11:35 local
Place: Baltimore, MD
Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N67951
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 101 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N67951Registration cancelled Nov 16, 2015 · Cessna 152S/N 15285314 Airframe modelCessna 152

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot made a normal takeoff until he was about halfway down the runway when the engine RPM decayed. He managed to keep the aircraft flying straight ahead to land in a field without any injuries and only minor damage to the aircraft. An analysis of the engine revealed a burn mark on the number 3 exhaust valve which indicated that a piece of carbon had passed through the engine. Since this was a transient occurrence, this case is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT MADE A NORMAL TAKEOFF UNTIL HE WAS ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE ENGINE RPM DECAYED. HE MANAGED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FLYING STRAIGHT AHEAD TO LAND IN A FIELD WITHOUT ANY INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BURN MARK ON THE NUMBER 3 EXHAUST VALVE WHICH INDICATED THAT A PIECE OF CARBON HAD PASSED THROUGH THE ENGINE. SINCE THIS WAS A TRANSIENT OCCURRENCE, THIS CASE IS CLOSED.